Great Escape hero's WW2 memento found in airing cupboard aft

The wartime memento was owned by Marcel Zillessen, who helped mastermind the breakout of 76 men from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in 1944. It's expected to sell for hundreds of pounds

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